Roman De Angelis

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Roman De Angelis
Roman De Angelis.jpg
De Angelis in 2021
Nationality Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Born (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamHeart of Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number27
Former teamsMark Motors Racing, Kelly Moss Racing
Starts21
Wins3
Podiums8
Poles1
Previous series
2016
2017–19
2018–19
Formula Ford 1600
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge USA
Championship titles
2017, 2019
2019
2021
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge USA
IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup - GTD

Roman Senna De Angelis (born 15 February 2001) is a Canadian racing driver, [1] [2] who currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for the Heart of Racing Team. [3]

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Career

De Angelis began his racing career in karting at the age of 9 and at the age 13 won his first title, the 2014 Canadian National Karting Championship. [4] In 2016 De Angelis moved up from karting to F1600 where he won Rookie of Year honors for his second-place finish in the 18-race season. [5]

De Angelis then moved on to race Porsche 911 GT3s competing in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with Mark Motors Racing beginning in 2017. [6] In his first season he won the GT3 Cup Gold Class Canadian Championship, becoming the youngest driver to win the championship in GT3 Cup history at 16 years of age. [7]

In 2018 De Angelis continued racing for Mark Motors Racing moving up to the GT3 Platinum Class and partnered with Kelly Moss and Racing for Children to compete in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama. De Angelis finished the year as runner up in both series. [8] 2018 also saw De Angelis win his first endurance race of his career at the inaugural IMSA Prototype Challenge Roar Before the Rolex 24 driving the No. 4 Ligier JS P3 for ANSA Motorsports. [9]

In 2019, racing with the same teams, De Angelis had the most successful season of his career winning both the GT3 Cup Platinum Class Canadian & GT3 Cup Platinum Class USA Championships, De Angelis was the first driver to accomplish this feat. De Angelis finished the 2019 season with 18 victories, 14 pole positions and 22 podiums in 24 race starts. [10]

For the 2020 season De Angelis joined the IMSA Weathertech Series in the GT Daytona Class competing for the Heart of Racing Team in the #23 Aston Martin GT Vantage car. The team got their first podium of the year at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a third-place finish and a season best second place finish at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. [11] De Angelis also raced in the Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit in New South Wales, Australia for the Garage59 Team in an Aston Martin GT3 with co-driver Andrew Watson. The pair finished the race thirteenth overall and second in their GT3 Silver class. De Angelis also partnered with Panoz Racing to compete in four races of the GT4 America Series season. De Angelis and teammate Parker Chase claimed victories at Circuit of The Americas and Indianapolis. [12]

2021 saw De Angelis remain with Heart of Racing, being joined by Ross Gunn who replaced team boss Ian James as his principal partner. [13] The team got their first podium finish at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and their first victory in Detroit at the Detroit Grand Prix at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park. De Angelis and Gunn claimed the WeatherTech Sprint Cup title as the highest scoring team in the sprint events through the season. [14]

De Angelis was also a part of the Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, as the only Canadian, in the 15-driver competition to find the next generation of GT endurance stars. [15]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016Toyo Tires F1600 Championship SeriesBrian Graham Racing18400153742nd
2017IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada - GoldMark Motors Racing1110911112491st
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge USA - Gold138121292193rd
Pirelli World Challenge - GTS ANSA Motorsports10000540th
2018IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada - PlatinumMark Motors Racing12131103732nd
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge USA - PlatinumKelly Moss Racing16251104742nd
IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3 ANSA Motorsports111015024th
Charles Wicht Racing10000
Porsche Supercup Fach Auto Tech200000NC†
2019IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada - PlatinumMark Motors Racing121148114131st
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge USA - PlatinumKelly Moss Racing161057134741st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar 100013047th
Porsche Supercup Team Project 1 - FACH10000223rd
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 8000219915th
GT4 America Series - Silver Team Panoz Racing 42122607th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59100000NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 10000220th
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 13310631113rd
24H GT Series - GT4
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 12200528981st
24H GT Series - GT4
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Beechdean AMR 100000NC
2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Heart of Racing Team by SPS
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 11231332212nd
GT4 America Series - Pro-Am
24H GT Series - GT3 Heart of Racing by SPS
2024 GT4 America Series - Pro-Am Heart of Racing Team
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD
24H Series - GT3 Heart of Racing by SPS

* Season still in progress.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112RankPoints
2019 Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar GTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
3
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
47th30
2020 Heart of Racing GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
18
DAY SEB ELK
DNS
VIR
8
ATL
6
MDO
4
CLT
3
PET
11
LGA
4
SEB
2
15th199
2021 Heart of Racing GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
5
SEB
3
MDO
4
DET
1
WGL
3
WGL
3
LIM
1
ELK
4
LGA
5
LBH
6
VIR
5
PET
1
3rd3111
2022 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
9
SEB
15
LBH
12
LGA
7
MDO
8
DET
2
WGL
1
MOS
1
LIM
2
ELK
6
VIR
2
PET
7
1st2898
2023 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
1
SEB
15
LBH
2
MON
8
WGL
6
MOS
4
LIM
1
ELK
7
VIR
12
IMS
4
PET
5
2nd3221
2024 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
22
SEB
4
LBH
14
LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 16th*593*
Source: [16]

* Season still in progress.

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